The iconic character is set to return to fans’ TV screens in a 13-episode drama from NBC, Deadline reported on Tuesday, March 31. The SVU spinoff comes from Law & Order creator Dick Wolf and will have Meloni, 58, playing the detective once again.

According to the outlet, the show will revolve around the NYPD organized crime unit, which Stabler will lead.

Mariska Hargitay and Christopher Meloni appear on “Law and Order: Special Victims Unit” in 1999.Universal Tv/Kobal/Shutterstock

This spinoff marks the first show to come from Wolf’s five-year, multi-platform deal with Universal Television that he finalized last month.

“You know, it would be really great if he did,” Peter Scanavino (Sonny Carisi) told Us Weekly exclusively on September 25, about a possible Meloni cameo in the future. “I think that was kind of a storyline that a lot of fans don’t have closure on.”